{"id":429,"date":"2006-10-04T23:08:24","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T06:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2008-07-31T18:01:40","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T01:01:40","slug":"self-indulgent-expatriate-whining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/04\/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for Nothing, Julie Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note &#8211; July 31, 2008: I recorded this piece in October of 2006 when I was really hating expat life. Currently, we&#8217;re in Seattle and while my feelings about expat life haven&#8217;t changed all that much, I&#8217;m not in that place anymore. Heads up, there&#8217;s profanity in the audio, you can&#8217;t miss it. I thought about pulling this, but it is so of that particular moment that I&#8217;ve decided to leave it be. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tech notes:I&#8217;m using the PodPress plug-in for audio, with troubleshooting from ExIT. It seems to work in iTunes when I use mp3 files. You can subscribe to Nerdio (NEV Audio) using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?feed=rss2\">RSS feed<\/a>. Give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>This audio entry includes music by Julie Andrews, Outkast, Chris Isaak, and Death Cab for Cutie.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When the dog bites<br \/>\nWhen the bee stings<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m feeling sad<br \/>\nI simply remember my favorite things<br \/>\nAnd then I don&#8217;t feel so bad<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/tuckova.com\/\">Tuckova<\/a>, who thought I should join <a href=\"http:\/\/lostintransit.org\/\">Lost in Transit<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/metamorphosism.com\/\">Mig<\/a>, who did not object.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note &#8211; July 31, 2008: I recorded this piece in October of 2006 when I was really hating expat life. Currently, we&#8217;re in Seattle and while my feelings about expat life haven&#8217;t changed all that much, I&#8217;m not in that place anymore. Heads up, there&#8217;s profanity in the audio, you can&#8217;t miss it. I thought &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Thanks for Nothing, Julie Andrews\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/04\/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining\/#more-429\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thanks for Nothing, Julie Andrews\"><br \/>&#8230;read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[178,177,147],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austria","category-nerdio","tag-expats","tag-homesickness","tag-podcasting","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}